Open AccessA Rare Case of Nasopharyngeal Teratoma
Author(s) -
İbrahim Ömeroğlu,
Halil Gürsoy Pala
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
forbes tıp dergisi
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2757-5241
pISSN - 2717-9443
DOI - 10.5222/forbes.2020.80299
Subject(s) - medicine , teratoma , head and neck , incidence (geometry) , pregnancy , dominance (genetics) , obstetrics , surgery , biology , biochemistry , physics , gene , optics , genetics
Oral teratoma is a rare congenital tumor that occurs almost exclusively in infants, and usually in newborns. The incidence of live births ranges from 1: 35.000 to 1: 200.000. There is a female dominance ratio of 6: 1. Teratomas are rare in the head and neck region and represent less than 5% of all cases. In this article, a case referred to our clinic in the second trimester of pregnancy and ultrasonographically diagnosed as teratoma is presented.